Campus Data Engineer (Intern)

Summary

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research and is seeking a Campus Data Engineer Intern for an intensive 10-week experience. The role involves developing and maintaining infrastructure and pipelines to support data for firm wide use, working alongside experienced data engineers.

Responsibilities

• You will take on projects working on production code and gain experience with our full-cycle process for development, testing, and release using Agile methodologies
• You will apply your programming and analysis skills to maintain and develop our firm wide data solutions
• Other duties as assigned or needed

Skills

• Hands-on experience and a high level of proficiency in one or more of the following: Python development on Linux platform
• Strong understanding of data structures and threading models
• Ability to work with a team in a fast-paced environment, deploying new software daily
• Passion for solving complex problems and learning to build optimal solutions from scratch, instead of simply assembling things from existing libraries
• Interest in using knowledge from several areas -- such as data pipelining and database management -- to ensure firm wide data integrity
• Comfortability with Claude Code
• Reliable and predictable availability
• Past internship or job experience in a data engineering role is a plus
• Advanced coursework in algorithms & data structures
• Exposure to data analytics tools such as Pandas

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Hands-on experience and a high level of proficiency in one or more of the following: Python development on Linux platform
• Strong understanding of data structures and threading models
• Ability to work with a team in a fast-paced environment, deploying new software daily
• Passion for solving complex problems and learning to build optimal solutions from scratch, instead of simply assembling things from existing libraries
• Interest in using knowledge from several areas -- such as data pipelining and database management -- to ensure firm wide data integrity
• Comfortability with Claude Code
• Reliable and predictable availability

Nice to Haves

• Past internship or job experience in a data engineering role is a plus
• Advanced coursework in algorithms & data structures
• Exposure to data analytics tools such as Pandas